You Can't Ask That

[TitaniumTi]

I rarely watch television, so why am I starting a thread on a TV show in General Writing Discussion?

I recently discovered an Australian TV series that may be interesting to other writers. Called "You Can't Ask That", it presents panels of people from minority groups with the sort of "politically incorrect" questions that Joe and Jane public ask them. I thought it was a great way to get some idea of what it might be like to walk in someone else's shoes. I googled, and some of the episodes look to be available on YouTube.

The three episodes I watched (Muslims, People in Wheelchairs and Recent War Veterans) were all interesting, but the Recent War Veterans episode was particularly powerful. I'd recommend it to anyone whose protagonist has survived a war.

There are other episodes (Ice users, S&M, for example) that are a bit too far on the side of life I don't particularly want to know about (and, yes, as a writer I should hang my head in shame.)

 

[The Judge]

Well found -- it sounds interesting and helpful.

In fact, I'll move the thread over to Writing Resources, since it seems a potential valuable resource for some of us. (We perhaps ought to have a sticky with an index there so as to make threads like this more easily found when they've dropped off the first page.)

 

[Gonk the Insane]

Called "You Can't Ask That", it presents panels of people from minority groups with the sort of "politically incorrect" questions that Joe and Jane public ask them. I thought it was a great way to get some idea of what it might be like to walk in someone else's shoes.

That sounds great - I think a few of us might find it really useful

(We perhaps ought to have a sticky with an index there so as to make threads like this more easily found when they've dropped off the first page.)

My eyes lit up at "index", yer honour
In all seriousness though, I know I found it difficult to locate things when I first joined (still do on occasion) and I've been meaning to post a few things that could be useful for a while. As it happens, I'll be taking an extended break from writing/publishing in a few weeks, and a little project where I can indulge my inner organisation demon could be just what I need. I've got a few ideas for things like you're suggesting, TJ, so if you/ @Brian G Turner / Team Mods would be happy to offload some of this stuff so you can concentrate on the important stuff (keeping us all in line) then I'd be well up for getting involved. Just drop me a line if interested and we can take things from there.